# Mariam (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/mariam/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 18,560 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 18,555 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 6,572, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 419 | 675 |
| 2012 | 458 | 624 |
| 2013 | 463 | 607 |
| 2014 | 540 | 568 |
| 2015 | 549 | 564 |
| 2016 | 570 | 547 |
| 2017 | 556 | 555 |
| 2018 | 561 | 554 |
| 2019 | 533 | 570 |
| 2020 | 455 | 637 |
| 2021 | 467 | 634 |
| 2022 | 528 | 570 |
| 2023 | 568 | 534 |
| 2024 | 623 | 491 |
| 2025 | 589 | 505 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 5 | 8,748 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 273 | 188 |
| 2012 | 281 | 183 |
| 2013 | 264 | 196 |
| 2014 | 274 | 196 |
| 2015 | 274 | 196 |
| 2016 | 240 | 217 |
| 2017 | 267 | 196 |
| 2018 | 207 | 245 |
| 2019 | 155 | 308 |
| 2020 | 182 | 258 |
| 2021 | 155 | 303 |
| 2022 | 179 | 259 |
| 2023 | 165 | 271 |
| 2024 | 193 | 249 |
| 2025 | 179 | 259 |

## People named Mariam

- Mariam Shengelia, Georgian singer
- Mariam Thresia Chiramel, 20th‑century Indian Syro‑Malabar nun and foundress, Catholic saint, known for stigmata and
- Mariam Ghani, American artist (born 1978)
- Mariam Mamadashvili, Georgian singer
- Mariam Petrosyan, Armenian writer
- Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Egyptian actress (1936-2014)
- Mariam Bolkvadze, Georgian female tennis player
- Mariam Kvrivishvili, Georgian politician
- Mariam Aladji Boni Diallo, Beninese politician
- Mariam Almheiri, Emirati politician
- Mariam Stepanyan, Armenian association footballer
- Mariam Vardanian, Armenian revolutionary

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.